The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity

From Simon & Schuster, The Mystery of the Aleph is Amir D. Aczel's compelling narrative that blends a story of infinity with the tragic tale of a tormented and brilliant mathematician.

From the Pythagoreans, the Greek cult of mathematics, to the mystical Jewish numerology found in the Kabbalah, The Mystery Of The Aleph follows the search for an answer that may never truly be trusted.

Author: Amir D. Aczel
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: 09/01/2001
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 5.50h x 8.40w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780743422994
ISBN10: 0743422996
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
- Science | Physics | Mathematical & Computational

About the Author
Amir D. Aczel is the bestselling author of ten books, including Entanglement, The Riddle of the Compass, The Mystery of the Aleph, and Fermat's Last Theorem. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts